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Sandra Cannon: Cash mobs a great way to help small businesses
Published 6/24/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments
One good thing that Tim Burchett has done as Knox County mayor is to institute cash mobs (crowds shopping at designated small businesses), not to be confused with flash mobs (choreographed dancing by a crowd of people). Cash mobbing is ...
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Heather Hughes: Local ice cream brands give summertime flavor of region
Published 6/24/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 2 comments
With the temperatures heating up outside, many of us are turning to the usual ways of cooling off: cranking up the air conditioning, taking a trip to the pool or lake and, of course, indulging in a scoop of old-fashioned ...
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U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann: Federal workers can help root out waste
Published 6/23/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 11 comments
If you're a lawmaker committed to reducing the size of the federal government, it isn't hard to find wasteful and bloated programs to cut.
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Robert Enlow and Justin Owen: Tennessee families should be allowed school choice options
Published 6/23/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 23 comments
Imagine being told what doctor you had to see based solely on your ZIP code. Or that a politician could decide what type of car you drive. Of course, Tennesseans have the freedom to select their doctors, cars and a ...
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander: Air rule good for jobs and for health of Tennesseans
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 23 comments
Over the years I have learned that cleaner air means better jobs as well as better health for Tennesseans. That's why this week I will vote to uphold a clean air rule that requires utilities in other states to install ...
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Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero: Knoxville voters should support proposed pension reform plan
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments
Six months ago today I was sworn in as Mayor of Knoxville. One of the first challenges my administration faced was dealing with a major unfunded liability in the city employees' pension plan.
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Sean Bolen: A father's search for lost treasures of his heart
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
I searched for the three small beads on my hands and knees, brushing the tall grass to the side while tossing the leaves and twigs behind me. The sun would dip below the bay shortly, and once it did there ...
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Barbara Harper: Honoring a father despite the difficulties
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Finding a Father's Day card can be hard sometimes. Some are too bland, others are too over-the-top mushily sentimental. With my step-father I could go for the funny ones, but I didn't think my father liked those as well.
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John Stewart and Norman Sherman: Humphrey's lesson in bipartisanship for today's politicians
Published 6/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 23 comments
Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon were political adversaries.
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Dr. Jonathan W. Sowell: Dad remebered as 'wingless angel'
Published 6/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 5 comments
A rather charming tenet of Buddhism is that of the Bodhisattva, defined as one who has already attained enlightenment, but who forgoes nirvana to help others in their quest for the same. As I understand it, these good souls walk ...
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Gina Hancock: Doe Mountain offers new vision for conservation
Published 6/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Earlier this month The Nature Conservancy joined the state of Tennessee in a unique acquisition that is creating a new way to approach conservation in our state.
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Christy Parrott: Anticipating the blessings of summer
Published 6/10/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments
I was out walking a few mornings ago — pushing a double stroller with a combined 50-plus pounds of restless kid in the smothering heat, up and down steep sidewalks in my neighborhood. This is my exercise program and they ...
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Randy Boyd: Educators would be wise to add an 'H' for history to STEM
Published 6/10/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 5 comments
The STEM disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — currently are the focus of intense educational efforts to equip our students with the skills needed to compete in a world driven by technology and rapid change. While these subjects ...
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M.L. Smith: Up Jakes Creek without a paddle
Published 6/10/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
I was up Jakes Creek without a paddle, sunk deep into the Smokies on a hiking trail that had my tortured muscles reeling. How could mountains that look so soft and good-natured from a distance be so hard on rusty ...
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John David Buckwalter: Bus terminal not designed with real people in mind.
Published 6/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments
A wise architect once declared "less is more." Sadly, our new downtown Knoxville Area Transit bus station is an unfortunate case of "more being less."
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